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AN ACT relating to teachers. 1
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 2
ď˘Section 1. KRS 158.060 is amended to read as follows: 3
(1) Twenty (20) school days, or days in which teachers are actually employed in the 4
schoolroom, shall constitute a school month in the common schools. 5
(2) (a) Each full-time teacher shall be provided the equivalent of two hundred fifty 6
(250) minutes of noninstructional planning time each five (5) day school 7
week, which shall be used at the teacher's discretion and may include but is 8
not limited to grading, instructional planning, curriculum development, and 9
outreach activities involving the teacher's students. If a school week does 10
not contain five (5) instructional days, the required minimum number of 11
minutes may be reduced proportionally. 12
(b) Each full-time teacher shall be provided with a duty-free lunch period each 13
day during the regularly scheduled student lunch period in addition to the 14
noninstructional planning time described in paragraph (a) of this 15
subsection. The duty-free lunch period shall be not less than the length of the 16
lunch period specified in the school calendar approved by the chief state 17
school officer. 18
(c) Each full-time teacher shall receive additional compensation of at least his 19
or her usual hourly rate of pay for all duties assigned during the 20
noninstructional planning time required by paragraph (a) of this subsection 21
or duty-free lunch required by paragraph (b) of this subsection. A full-time 22
teacher may be assigned duties[to lunch room duty during the regularly 23
scheduled student lunch period] during any[only for an amount of time equal 24
to the] noninstructional time in excess of the minimum time required by 25
paragraph (a) of this subsection without additional compensation[fifty-five 26
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(d) The calculation of the minimum noninstructional time required by paragraph 1
(a) of this subsection shall not include the teacher's duty-free lunch period, 2
the time teachers are required to be at school prior to the start of the student's 3
instructional day, [or ]the time teachers are required to remain at school after 4
the students are dismissed, or the time teachers are required to coordinate 5
and attend a meeting to develop or monitor an individual education plan as 6
provided in KRS 157.196, unless such time is compensated in accordance 7
with paragraph (c) of this subsection. 8
(3) Except for children with disabilities and children attending the primary school 9
program who may attend a program of less than six (6) hours per day under policy 10
adopted by the local school district board of education and approved by the 11
commissioner of education and children attending a school district where the local 12
board has approved a schedule that provides at least the equivalent of six (6) hours 13
of daily instruction during the school year, a minimum of six (6) hours of actual 14
school work shall constitute a school day. Kindergarten programs may be operated 15
for less than six (6) hours without state board approval. The Kentucky Board of 16
Education, upon recommendation of the chief state school officer, shall develop and 17
approve regulations governing make up by school districts of whole days missed 18
due to emergencies, or partial days missed as a result of shortening regularly 19
scheduled school days due to emergencies. 20
(4) (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection, teachers shall be 21
provided additional time and shall receive additional compensation of at 22
least their usual hourly rate of pay for nonteaching activities required by a 23
school or school district outside of the teacher's contract hours, including 24
but not limited to[. The nonteaching time shall be used to provide teachers] 25
opportunities for professional development activities as provided in KRS 26
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to develop or monitor an individual education plan as provided in KRS 1
157.196, school-based decision making as provided in KRS 160.345, 2
[curriculum development, ]and outreach activities involving their students' 3
families and the community. 4
(b) A school or school district may require a teacher to remain at school outside 5
of the teacher's contract hours for up to sixty (60) minutes after the students 6
are dismissed one (1) day a week without providing additional 7
compensation. 8
(5) Nothing in this section shall be interpreted to: 9
(a) Limit the ability of a school district to provide teachers noninstructional 10
time in excess of the minimum required by subsection (2)(a) of this section; 11
(b) Limit the ability of a school district to compensate teachers for work 12
performed during noninstructional time or outside of a teacher's contract 13
hours beyond the teacher's usual hourly rate of pay; or 14
(c) Reduce any rights of school district employees as set forth in an existing 15
employer-employee bargained contract. 16
(6) Character education programs and activities shall be considered valuable and 17
legitimate components of the actual school work constituting a school day under 18
subsection (3) of this section. 19